Chris Combs is an artist working with technology in Washington, D.C.

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Chris Combs's artworks respond to pressing themes of surveillance, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic failure—and to the viewer, using facial recognition and motion sensing.

He employs a wide range of practices to create circuit boards, software, and enclosures for interactive and time-based wood, metal, and found-object sculptures, which both embrace and question technology. Their custom circuitry is engineered by the artist and hand-soldered with millimeter-scale components.

Chris Combs's sculptures address changes in our built technology environment—changes which often occur before we understand their implications. His artwork makes these macro-scale changes tangible, letting us consider them anew.

Art Machines | 25 Feb 2023

Cluster

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Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Rootball INTROSPECTION

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Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Rootball INSPECTION

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Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Hammond GEODE

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Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Hammond COCOON

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Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Hammond BIVALVE

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Art Machines | 24 Aug 2022

Plans

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Art Machines | 24 Aug 2022

Demon Core

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Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Snap Judgment

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Probing ImageNet

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Probing GauGAN2

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Probing DALL-E Mini

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Print/Shred

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Illegal in Illinois

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Feedback Loop

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Data Chains

Art Machines | 01 Jun 2022

F2G (Spoon Theory)

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Art Machines | 05 May 2022

Lepidopterism

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Art Machines | 28 Apr 2022

Stump/Sandia

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Art Machines | 20 Mar 2022

Forces

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Art Machines | 20 Mar 2022

Blurred Words

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Art Machines | 15 Feb 2022

Alight

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Art Machines | 20 Jan 2022

Clear-Cut

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Art Machines | 03 Dec 2021

Bulkhead

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Art Machines | 18 Nov 2021

65 Failures

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Art Machines | 06 Nov 2021

Sync/Desync R/G/B Micro

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Art Machines | 06 Nov 2021

Sync/Desync Micro

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Art Machines | 25 Sep 2021

DataWorld 2021: booth 313, Maelstrom Networks, Inc.

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Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021

Subset

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Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021

Orchestration (Beeswax)

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Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021

One-to-Many

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Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021

Bayering

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Art Machines | 15 Jun 2021

Sync/Desync I

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Art Machines | 15 Jun 2021

16 Bits (9:06:08) I

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Art Machines | 09 Apr 2021

Madness Method

Art Machines | 16 Jan 2021

Maelstrom

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Art Machines | 03 Oct 2020

Iteration (Transmission IV)

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Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020

Side Guide Control

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Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020

Gateway (Transmission III)

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Art Machines | 01 Oct 2020

Resolution (Transmission II)

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Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020

8 Bits (2:08) Micro-B

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Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-B

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Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-A

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Online Art | 27 Jun 2020

Closely Held

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Art Machines | 28 May 2020

Loopback (Transmission I)

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Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020

Thermoelectric Candle I

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Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020

Point of Sale

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Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020

Morale is Mandatory

Art Machines | 29 Dec 2019

Road Ahead

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Art Machines | 28 Dec 2019

Impressions

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Art Machines | 10 Oct 2019

Rxsqtta-Stzne

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Art Machines | 25 Jul 2019

Naked Mueller

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Art Machines | 01 Jul 2019

Campfire

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Art Machine | 02 Apr 2019

Publish/Perish

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Art Machines | 04 Nov 2018

Fireflies

Art Machine | 07 Jul 2018

The Heart Says...

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Art Machine | 26 Apr 2018

Two Minutes Hate

Art Machine | 26 Apr 2018

I see you there.

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Art Machine | 25 Apr 2018

Feeling Lucky

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Art Machine | 22 Apr 2018

Eyes

Art Machine | 20 Apr 2018

Our Time Together II

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Art Machine | 20 Apr 2018

Extraction Potential

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Art Machine | 25 Mar 2018

Bureautron

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Art Machine | 15 Mar 2018

Wave/Wave

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Art Machine | 15 Feb 2018

Security Theater?

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Art Machine | 10 Jan 2018

Just Helping

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Art Machine | 24 Jul 2017

Digital Daguerreotype

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Art Machine | 27 Feb 2017

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

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Art Machine | 19 Jan 2017

Markov Radio

On display Available

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